Leaf for extension-tables.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

APPLIUATION FILED APIL ZBI 1902.

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HENRY JOHNSON, OF DETROIT, lVHCHIO-AN, ASSIONOR OF ONE-HALF TO VVOLVERINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, .A CORPORATION OF MlCl-lltl AN.

LEAF FOR EXTENSION-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,962, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed April 28, 1902. fierial No. 104,985.

To (bl/Z 1071/0110 ('1' may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Leaves for Extension-flables,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the object of the invention to provide a leaf for an extension-table with depending side rails which are adapted to match with the side rails on the stationary section of the table and when the leaf is in use to be folded so as to permit of storing.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the side-rail section carried by the leaf, together with the manner in which it is secured to the leaf, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of an extension-table and a leaf therefor to which my improvements are applied. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the leaf. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective View of a portion of the leaf.

The table to which my improvement is applied is of that type in which the stationary section A is provided with a top a and depending side rails 7), which together form a receptacle in which the leaves B may be stored. These leaves are of substantially the same width as the table-top u and are adapted to pass into the receptacle therebeneath when resting directly upon the slides C. WV hen the table is extended, the leaf is raised into the plane of the stationary top and supported by any suitable means. (Not shown.)

To produce a finished appearance to the table when extended, each leaf is provided at its opposite ends with side-rail sections 1), which are of corresponding shape to the sta tionary side rails I) and are adapted to be moved into alinement therewith. These siderail sectionsmust be so connected to the leaves that they may be moved inward to permit of storing the leaves. At the same time it is desirable that when they are in alinement with the stationary siderail I) that the joint between the rails and the leaf be concealed. 1th my improved construction I have obtained this result by forming the side edges of the leaves with a portion 0 of substantially the same width as the table-top and beneath this portion cutting away the leaf, so as to form a narrow shoulder (Z. This shoulder (Z is exactly in the plane of the upper edge of the stationary side rails l), the latter being secured to the sides of the stationary top (1. The side-rail sections 1) are then hinged to the leaf, so as to be capable of being turned, with their upper edges bearing against the shoulder, while the thickness of said sections is slightly greater than the thickness of the stationary side rails 7). Thus a lap-joint is formed between the leaf and the side-rail section D, so as to give the same appearance as if the sections were fixedly secu red to the ends of the leaves.

The hinge connection between the side-rail section D and the leaves is preferably formed by thin flanges E, which are secured to the sections D and are adapted to engage with slots 0 in the leaves. These slots may be formed by sa\vkerfs, and the flanges E may be provided with laterally-projecting ears f, by which they are screwed or otherwise secured to the sections 1). The pivot of the hinge is formed by a pin F, inserted in an aperture bored from the edge of the leaf and iiassing through a saw-kerf w.

The construction described is exceedingly simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and at the same time a very perfect joint is formed between the leaf and thefolding side-rail sections.

l/V hat I claim as my invention is- In an extension-table, the combination with a stationary top, of a depending side rail secured to the edge of said top with its top edge below the surface of said top, a leaf having its edge undercut in the plane of the upper edge of said side rail, a side-rail section for said leaf complementary to said stationary side rail, said side-rail section being of greater thickness than the stationary side rail and under side of said leaf and withdraw its edge within the edge of said leaf.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY JOHNSON.

lVitnesses: M. B. ODOGHERTY, H. (J. SMITH. 

